§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish figures for the last 12 months for the number of cases where, respectively (a) hon. Members, (b) peers and (c) legal representatives of immigrants or would-be immigrants have made representations to the Home Office about individual cases arising from the immigration laws and rules, including deportation, refusal of entry, refusal to vary conditions of entry and so on; if he will state, as a percentage of the total, how many cases, where representations were made by an hon. Member, that Member was the constituency Member of the person aggrieved; and if he will state, for each category above in how many cases there was (i) a legal right of appeal, (ii) no right of appeal due to the House of Lords decision in the case of Suthendran and (iii) no right of appeal for any other reason.
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§ Mr. RaisonIn 1979 Home Office Ministers received about 11,800 letters from hon. Members and noble Lords on immigration and nationality matters, including personal cases. We regret that the detailed information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.